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National Republican., 1887-08-15
One snnreme Onestinn.

The New Orleans PicaU,ac discusses the
loosenipg of party ties, which 1t declares Is
observable in both the great parties, and in
conclusion says:
In the south there is one supreme question
left, ard that is the race question. Wherever
in this section the political supremacy of the
white race Is dependent upon the unanim'ty
of It's party action, it is vain to count upon the
success Of Independent movements. Some Of
the shrewdest Of the Republican politicians
appreciate the importance Of this fact, and az
cordingly deprccata the purpose OF their
leaders to Gght 1t out on the old color linz.
II the Republican party, north and south
could be united upon some other issne-th'
tariff question, for instancc-its chances 70
success would be vastly improved. II Is very
evident that the Democracy, as whole, Is not
prepared to accept the solution Of the revenue
problem proposed by the extremists of either
wing Of the party. The Democratic party f.
not free trade party, neither Is II a protsc-
Zionist party In the sense that the majority Of
the Republican party is. But there Is golden
mean between those extremes. The tariif
must be revised, and the internal revenue
must be cut. II our party leaders do not se''
this necessity, the plain lesson taught by the
last congressional election in Virginia ani III
strangely lost upon them. We look forward
with much anxiety to the next session of CJ".
gress. If the Democrats in that body eau
apree upon some practicable policy they can
easily induce the people to indorse It. and the
sonth will remain solid until tho Republican
party has either gone out of existence or aban
| don1d all its ancient issues.
There is truth and falsehool, sense aud
l fp11 10 mis- ~, fn "a n N.
usual extent. The truth is that In tn,
south the race question is suprem,-thc
| folly that no effort by the dominant rae {.
is made to divide both races on economic
| questions, and egain the truth is that th,
Republican party is the party of protection
and the follles are that "the Democrats are
not free traders,n and that there Is any
golden meaun between free ira lie AM
protection. Protection must DO absplut.
or 1t does nor protect.
The CLEANS Of sense In the article are IL
the warning to the Democratic leaders o
the dangers which threaten them, and tn
falsehoods, the ISLANDERS Of the Republica,
party-the assertion that 1t seeks to keel
up the color line. The Republican party T.
accused of this because 1t claims that ever!
man should be allowed to vote and ever.
vote should be fairly counted, and Demo
Gratis in the south call this "waving tn
bloody shrt' and "keeping up the colo
line" But the day is dawning in the south
Diyersiileatlon of labor, intelligent immi
grafton, and increased school facilities mea
release from Bourbon Democratic rule an,
a division Of voters upon economic ques
tlons without regard to color, race, or ne
tionality.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PROPOSALS.

rLNREASURY DEPARTMENT. OFFICE or
4 THE SECRETARY. August u, lSS7.-There
TUESDAY,, AUGUsT 23' 1857, at / o'clock p.
M, miscellaneous lot OF secondhand Fur
nituIe. Carpets, Fileholders, etc. Terms Of sale:
To the highest bidder for cash.
aul5 1t @, s. FAIRCHILD, Secretary.
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A NNEx TO ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM
OFFICE OF

OFFICE OF
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS,
WAsHIEGToN, ID. c., Aug. II, 1887.
Sealed proposals, in duplicate, will be re-
ctivCd at this office until II NJ. on MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER II, 1887, for the construction OF
sn annex to the new army medical museum.
Plans can be seen and forms and specifications
Obtained at this Office. The right is reserved
10 reject any and all proposals. ~
JOHN NJ. WILSON,
Rui51Gl71Ssc7,S Colonel y. s. Army.
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yvI,t tbo rn,nnIssI

What the Commissioners Cannot DO.
Attorney Davis has rendered an opinion that
tho commissioners cannot condemn private
property for the construction of u sewer All
thai can be done Is 10 obtain the assent of the
property owners, and the proper course is TO
obtain The right OF way,
National Republican., 1887-08-15

SUMNER RATES for advertisements of Wants,
For Rent, and For sale OF two lines times, or
0 lines times, for 70 cents.
National Republican., 1887-08-15

SUMNER RATES for advertisements of Wants,
For Rent ana For Sale of two lines 1 times,
or lines times for 20 cents.
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$3.50, Sts, $40, AND seq.
TEN DOLL AIRS.

While we reserve to ourselves the
right to do os we please with the stock
we own, yet We deem an explanation
of this unpre cedented cut in prices dur
to our patrons. 1t Is this; While our
sales OF woolens this past season have
been largely in excess of those OF any
previous season, yet anticipating even
heavier sales we manufactured n stock
fully double as large as any we ever
carried before. You all know how
early the hot weather set in. aud how
continuous IL has been. As n result a
great many of our patrons provided
themselves with tho gauziest kind of
Summer Clothing, such as SeersuciSers,
Pongees, &C., &C., and let the wooiens
20. We have them; we don't want
them. We will not carry them over to
sell Ls new stock next spring. Do you
understand? We start every season
with n clean stock of the latest things.
The loss on these Suits will be heavy,
but WE are satisfied, and no one else
has "A right to complain; certainly not
he who buys SEE, $40, $1s, or $IG.5O
| Suit for
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HENRY c. SPENCER, Principal
MRS. SARA A. SPENCER, Vice Principal.
amin

EREDERICK (MD.) FEMALE SEMINARY.
a The next term will commence Wednes-
day, Sept. Z, 1887. Various courses of study
Competent Instructors. Healthful location.
Terms moderate. For catalogues apply to
W. II, PURNELL, A. NJ, LII. ID. jyll-52
SSELwYN HALL, READING, Pa. @ HOURS
- from Washington. 4. school of the high.
est order for boys. Military system. Every
Steam, gas, hot and cold waller. Large gym.
nasium. Thorough preparation for college or
business. Boys OF any age received, Send for
catalogue. LOT G. BISHOP, Headmaster.
je11-tlu10
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EDUCATIONAL,

NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND,
Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies and
Preparatory School for Little Girls, EMBLA
7. o., three miles from Baltimore, Md.
Conducted by the Sisters OF Notre Dame. Send
for catalogue iyl6mws2m
SPENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, COR.
- 7th and d SITS. N. Wa practical business
education that qualities young men and women
to support themselves and successfully perform
the active duties of life. Thorough instruction
given in Rapid Writing, the English Language,
Correspondence, Rapid Calculation. Book
keeping. Business Practice, Civics, or Science
of Citizenship, Stenography. and Type Writing
Regular Day and Evening Sessions resumed
THURSDAY, Sept. i, at a. m. and 6 p M
Office open for arrangements by the year or
quarter. on and after Monday, Aug. 30. A Full
Corps OF Teachers. Tuition fees-Regular bust
ness course, day sessions, one year, so. payable
$40 on entering, and balance in monthly in.
stallments of $40 each; year scholarship, paid
in full on entering, $50: tuition per quarter of
ten weeks. $40, paid on entering, Night ses.
sions-Tuition: SIG for three months, or $50 for
one year. Seats are assigned In the order OF
registration. Special advantages secured by
being present Mt the opening OF day or night
sessions. Illustrated Circulars sent free on
HENRY G. SPENCER, Principal
MRS. SARA A. SPENCER, Vice Principal.
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MONDAY. AUGUST Is.
ADuserDents.
Prom tho Ohio Republican Platform.

KEnNAN's-Grieve's Burlesdue Company.
TIE MANASSAS sPAEoRAMA-l5th st. Il ohio av
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FOR RENT-.-HOUsES

CHEAP HOUSES FOR RENT, 8, G, AND
Y Is room brick houses. Apply II. s. JOHN
SON, No. 4G3 Pa. ave. n. w. GIG
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EoR sALE-HoUsE, Z ROOMS, LOT 40
II feet square, lawn and shade trees, $500.
1he house and lot. 80 feet front, 81 0O0, at sta.
tion, Hyausyille, Md. II. W. TURPlN, 1920 Il
II NV SIG
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EOR SALE ADJOINING AMMENDALE
Il way station, thirteen miles from city ten
acres OF land with superb stream and thir-
teen-room house, Price, 81, 800; also 100 acres,
Visit or address DANIEL AMMEN, Ammen-
dale Md. aug2-lmO
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S1O.s'. DIS rs or.rS1O.
READ CAREFULLY, DIGEST THOR
oUGHLY, ACT PROMPTLY,
Or the golden opportunity may b, lost
to you forever.
OUR LOSS is YOUR GAIN,
But we are satisfied to havo IL SO. Our
profits have vanished, and we have
squeezed the life out OF the
COST OF PRODUCTION.
Being free agents, we can do as we
please with the stock we own. We
don't propose to give IL away, but we
do the next thing TO It for six days, or
from Monday morning until Saturday
night.
A TEN DOLLAR BILL
light and medium oolored suits FOR
gentlemen that we have been
selling in the early part OF
the season Mt
$1G.5o, S1s, $40, AND see.
Tho most superb assortment of fino
Rcady-Made Suits ever produced In
this or any other country. Models of
correct style, perfect in their fitting
properties. Modern In their patteros,
fashionable IN cut and make. Not -
suit in the lot worth less than 1860,
and few at that, the great majority
of them being such as we have been
selling mt $1s, $40. and SEE; but for this
| week your choice of the entire assort-
ment will cost you just
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LOANS

In sums to suit at per cent.
The aboveis only small portion Of proper.
ty on my books. For full list call at office for
bulletins issued on LIST and 18th.
National Republican., 1887-08-15

JToR sALE-THE MOST PICTURESQUE
il and beautiful farm on the Potomac-a
perfect home. House of 10 rooms. with spring
water in it; fruit of all kinds: magnificent water
front and grand nature. II will carry 25 COWS:
for poultry and fruit is perfect, and would
liberal. Address OWNER 2ll AZ st. N. W. s IS
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Hinple copies FOR one ycar..n,.,..,.... .,,.,. Foc
Clubs NJ ten for one year or clubs OF FIVE for . 80,
two years. sssss'''', ~ ~
ENiro copy mailed free to party securing the
club, Postage p0id.
National Republican., 1887-08-15

ISOR SALE'--FINE TONED, "a OCTAVE
il piano with cover and stool, 800. One
stand rocker and sofa-pompadour, e2j. Ad-
dress NEED Republican Ofice, 8-l7
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FOE -RENr---ROOM6

IVh IIENI""IIVVub
ENOR RENT-12ll l. ST. n. va CONMU
Il nicating rooms, I'd floor unfurn,hed, for
l or adults; light housekeeping; $40; fur
nished, $3.50. 7-T
EN0R RENT.-TWO NICELY FURNISHED
a rooms, second floor, private family. No.
1913 l1th st. NV. T-E
YNoR RENT-oNE NEWLY FURNISHED
II bedroom; second story; references ex-
changed. 432 X ST. N. W. T.l5
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THE WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,,
only 81 for Two Years-lsS7 aud 1883,
which includes the contest Of the next Presidential
Election.
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VI,oR sALE.--FARM, l50 ACRES CULTI
II waited, fruit trees. &c., $50 per acre, near
kokesyille Station, Fauquier Co., Va II. W.
TURPIN 1000 St NV S-l7
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nor SALE-BEAuTIFUL GERMAN MAS
II tiff; mouse colored Apply at 2l5 A st. Sc.
SI
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For RENr-MIsoELIANEoUs
FOR SALE

TS0R sAIECDoUBLE CORNER LOT, iOxlOO
Il feet, near Dupont Circle; a great bargain
TO immediate purchaser. Apply to EDW. b.
FON, 1921 L st. N. w, S.tt
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EIoR SALE - BUILDING BRICK-2oO OOl
IL extra quality Salmon Brick will be sold
at bargain If applied for Immediately, P0
TOMAC TERRA GOTTA Co, lill G ST. $40
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-13

Our general use" (See all "The Tenn
pest" ii, !, ID The question where
Shakespeare found the word dollar is an
swered by the fact that the Hanseatic
towns maintained great establishment
called the Steel Yard in London. The
Steel Yard merchants were mostly North
Germans, who would cali the German
thaler as it was spelt, "dah-ler." The
same merchants occasioned the word ster-
ling, an abbreviation of the word "ester-
ling" As the Hanseatic trade was par
ticularly brisk on the Baltic and in Russia.
the standard coins of the Hanse merchants
were called esterlings, and sterling came
to mean something genuine and desirable.
The word dollar is the English for thaler.
the first of which was coined about 1856,
and corresponds quite closely to our pres
ent American silver dollars. The word
thaler means "coming from a dale or
valley" the first dollars having been coined
in a Bohemian valley called Foachimsthal.
1t was under Charles ", the Emperor of
Germany, King of Spain and Lord of
Spanish America that the German thaler
became the coin of the world. -Financier.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-13
THE OBJECTIVE ELEMENT.
psychological and Pedagogical Value of
Modern Methods of Culture.

The activity required by school exercises
Is that which produces knowledge and a
right development of the faculties. To oc-
caslon this activity, appropriate objects
and subjects of thought must be presented
to the learners mind.
The act of presenting these things, for
the accomplishment of the two ends which
school exercises have for their objects TO
accomplish, may be called teaching.
The different means used in teaching,
and the different ways in which the means
are used, give rise to different methods of
teaching. If the means are the real OBJ
jects themselves, the objective method is
employed. The objects of knowledge may
be presented, first, as integral units, and
atterward analyzed in an orderly manner
for study of their parts and attributes.
If this is done the analytic method is fol-
lowed. There is a representative, which
consists in the use of Illustrations or of YER
bal descriptions, used as substitutes for the
things to be known.
The value of any method of teaching will
depend on its relations to the ends to be
secured by school exercises. Suppose the
ends to be knowledge and mental training,
then that method will be the true one
which is founded on those laws of the mind
that determine its ways of learning and the
conditions of its growth.
Through our experiences we learn that
knowledge of all kinds can be occasioned
only by the presence to the mind, or in it,
of the objects of knowledge FROM this
we may infer that one of the principles of
teaching is founded on that law of the
mind which limits its activity in acquiring
knowledge to objects in its presence A
second principle of teaching may be de
rived from the law of the mind which re-
quires, for complete knowledge of an OBJ
ject of thought, that it shall be studied,
first, as an integral unit or whole, and,
secondly, as composed of parts related to
one another. Again, the mind must know
the facts of science as a condition for the
comprehension of scientific knowledge.
From the necessary conditions of mental
development may be derived another prin-
ciple of teaching found in the mental law
which requires the learner to exercise his
active power on appropriate objects of
knowledge, that the facility of acting,
which constitutes mental development
itseif, may be acquired. From these things
1T appears that the true method of teach
ing must be in harmony with principles
found in those laws of the human mind
which control its activity in acquiring
knowledge and power, and that this meth
cd may be called the objective analytic
method.
The term obiectire directs our attention
to the means to be employed in teaching
analytic to the way in which the means
are to be used.-John ". Dickinson, See.
Board Of Education. Mass.
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VARIATIONS IN HUMAN STATURE.
The Diminutive and the Gigantic Speci-
mems of Mankind.


Considerable differences will be found to
exist when we compare the statures of the
various races of mankind, and it is the
exaggeration of this fact that has given
rise to the legends of dwarf and giant
peoples. individuals of the supposed
dwarf races would appear quite large if
compared with real dwarfs. A dwarf much
over three feet high begins to lose interest
as dwarf; if he reaches four feet and
more, he ceases to be dwarf, and becomes
a little man." Among the smaller races
are the Esquimaux, averaging five feet two
inches; the Laps-men, FIVE feet one inch
women, four feet seven inches; the Akkas
seen by Schweinf r.h in: Africa the Ne
gritos, of the Philippine and Andaman
Islands and Malaeca the dwarf race of
Madagascar; and the Bushmen, whose
hight ranges from four feet FIVE inches
to six and three-quarter inches. Among
the large races may be mentioned the
Norwegians, the Canadians, the North
American Indians, the Caffres, the Pata-
gonians and the Polynesians, the average
hight of the last two of which is esti-
mated at about six feet. The difference
in the mean hight of the various human
races is, therefore, that between four feet
five inches and six feet, or one foot seven
inches The mean between these two
numbers is about five feet three inches,
and this standpoint is generally agreed
upon by anthropologists as a division line
in the approximate classification of the
races according to their hight. II we may
believe the ancient authors, large num-
Der of giants and giantesses attained extra
ordinary stature, even for persons of that
class. Pliny mentions the giant Gobbara,
who was nine feet nine inches tall, and
two other giants, Poison and Secundilla,
who were half foot taller; Garopius tells
of young giantess who was 10 feet high /;
and Lecat of Scotch giant IL feet in
hight. But We may take it for granted
that these figures are greatly exaggerated,
while We have right to regard authentic
giants whose hight runs up to eight and
half feet. The Grecian giant, Amanab,
now Is years old. is seven feet eight
inches tall; the Chinese giant, Chang,
eight feet three inches. The Australian
giant, Winckelmeier, who was recently
exhibited in Paris, measuring eight and a
half feet. NAV be regarded as specimen
of the highest stature attained by the hu-
man species. At the opposite extreme
may be found numerous dwarfs not more
than twenty inches, and some even as little
as sixteen, and even twelve inches in hight !;
but such dwarfs are only monsters, with
atrophied limbs or twisted back-bones, or
stunted infants, whose age is usually exag-
gerated by their Barnums. One of the most
remarkable dwarfs on record was the cele-
brated Borulawsky, who was born in 1889,
and died in 1887 who was never more
than twenty-eight inches in hight, was
perfect in every limb and proportion. and
was bright and intelligent.
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THE STANDARD DOLLAR.
A Sketch of its History from Adoption 10
the Present.

Our word dollar dates back to 1885,
when resolution was passed by Congress
which provided that it should be the unit
of money of the United States. Another
resolution was passed in 17S5, August 5,
providing that it should weigh 1854
grains of pure silver. The mint was estab-
lished 1892, and was then required to coin
silver dollars containing 371.25 grains of
pure silver. This was due to the influence
Of Alexander Hamilton. No dollars were
coined until 1894, and then irregular.
They are now worth 800 each In 1894
the coinage of regular dollars began. Our
coin was an adaptation of the Spanish
miiled dollar, a coin very popular where
ever the Spaniards Travelled. The coin
was called ''piastre," meaning fiat piece
of metal; it is synonymous with plaster.
1t is supposed that the Spaniards took the
German "thalerD and called it by the
name of "piaster" The word dollar is
entered in Bailey's English Dictionary of
LAS, and was used repeatedly by Shakes
peare at the beginning of the seventeenth
Century, especially in Macbeth IL, 62:
"Till she disbursed $4,000 to
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EXPERIENCE

In pregnancy, " Favorite Prescription Z"
is mothers cordial" relieving nausea,
weakness of stomach and other distressing
symptoms common to that condition. If
its use is kept up in the latter months OF
CESSATION, it so prepares the system for de-
livery as to greatly lessen, and many times
almost entirely do away with the sufferings
of that trying ordeal.
"Favori;e Prescriptions - when taken
in connection with the use of DR.. Pierces
Golden Medical Discovery, and small laxa-
tive doses of DIR. Pierce's Purgative Pellets
little Liver Pills., cures Liver, Kidney and
Bladder diseases. Their combined use also
removes blood taints, and abolishes can
cerous and scrofulous humors from the
system.
"Eavori4e Prescription is the only
medicine for women sold, by druggists
under q positive guarantee, from the
manufacturers, that it will give satisfac-
ton in every case, or money will be re-
funded. This guarantee has been printed
on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully car
riCG out for many years. Large bottles
100 doses $500, or six bottles for
$500.
e2sg Send ten cents in stamps for Or.
Pieree's large, illustrated Treatise QGO
pages) on Diseases of Women.
663 Main Street, fssJCFArA- N " +,
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The treatment of many thousands of cases
of those chronic weaknesses and distressing
ailments peculiar to females, at the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y,
has afforded a vast experience in nicely
adapting and thoroughly testing remedies
for the cure of woman's peculiar malades.
DIR. Pierce's FavOrite Prescription
is the outgrowth, or result, of this great
and valuable experience. Thousands of
testimonials. received from patients and
from physicians who have tested it in the
more aggravated and obstinate cases which
had baftied their skill, prove it to be the
most wonderful remedy ever devised for
the relief and cure of suffering women. 1t
is not recommended as " cure-all,'' but
as a most perfect Specific for woman's
peculiar ailments.
As q powerful, invigorating tonic,
it imparts strength to the whole system,
and to the uterus, or womb and its ap-
pendages, in particular. For overworked,
''worn-out, rundown" debilitated teach
ers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses,
"shop-girls," housekeepers, nursing moth
ers, and feeble women generally, DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the great
est earthly boon, being unequallcd as an
appetiZing cordial and restorative tonic. 1t
promotes digestion and assimilation of food,
Address, WGRLD'S DESpi
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cures nausea, weakness of stomach, indi-
gcstion, hloating and eructations of gas.
As n soothing and strengthening
nervine." FavOrite Prescription - is un-
cqualled and is invaluable in allayiDg and
subduing nervous excitability, irritability,
exhaustion, prostitution, hysteria, spasIns
and other distressing, nervous symptoms
commonly attendant upon functional and
organic disease of the womb. 1t induces
refreshing sleep and relieves mental anx-
iety and dependency.
Dr. Pierce's FaVorite Prescription
is 4 legitimate medicine, carefully
compounded by an experienced and skillful
physician, and adapted to woman's delicate
organization. 1t is purely vegetable in its
composition and perfectly harmless in its
effects in any condition of the system.
'sEay oritc Prescription . is 4 posi-
tive cure for the most complicated and
obstinate cases of leucorrhea, or whites" +"
excessive flowing at monthly periods, pain
full menstruation. unnatural suppressions,
prolapsus or falling of the womb, weak
back, female weakness" anteversion, re-
troyersion, bearing-down sensations, chron-
ic congestion, Inflammation and liberation
of the womb, Inflammation, pain and ten
derness in ovaries, accompanied with " in
ternal heat"
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Saving The LamYers.

= The first thing we do, let's kill all the
lawyers. This Is rather a od-thirsty
proposition, which we modify by offering
to cure this worthy class of people. Most
of them suffer (in common with nearly all
others of sedentary habits, from the injuri-
Gus effects of dyspepsia, indigestion, piles,
loss of appetite and other ailments caused by
a constipated habit of the body. DR. Pierce's
:, Pleasant Purgative Pellets eradicate all
these disorders in promptly removing the
cause thereof and induce a rare degree of
comfort and health.